anoint

Pronunciation: /əˈnɔɪnt/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb choose by or as if by divine intervention
  2. verb administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

Etymology

From Middle English enointen, anointen, borrowed from Old French enoint, past participle of enoindre (“to anoint”). Doublet of inunct.

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